ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1994
Incidence of psychotic illness in London: comparison of ethnic groups.
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- Ethnic inequalities in the incidence of diagnosis of severe mental illness in England: a systematic review and new meta-analyses for non-affective and affective psychoses.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2019Pooled it
- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in Caribbean-born migrants and their descendants in England: systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence rates, 1950-2013.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2015Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of ethnic differences in pathways to care at the first episode of psychosis.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2014Pooled it
- Incidence of schizophrenia and other psychoses in England, 1950-2009: a systematic review and meta-analyses.PloS one · 2012Pooled it
- A systematic review of the incidence of schizophrenia: the distribution of rates and the influence of sex, urbanicity, migrant status and methodology.BMC medicine · 2004Pooled it
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- Examining patient race and area predictors of inpatient admission for schizophrenia among hospital users in California.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2014Article
- Violence and crime among male inpatients with severe mental illness: attempting to explain ethnic differences.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2014Article
- Mental health research and evaluation in multicultural Australia: developing a culture of inclusion.International journal of mental health systems · 2013Article
- Ethnic density as a buffer for psychotic experiences: findings from a national survey (EMPIRIC).The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2012Article
- Treatment prevalence and incidence of schizophrenia in Quebec using a population health services perspective: different algorithms, different estimates.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2012Article
- Perceived racism, medication adherence, and hospital admission in African-Caribbean patients with psychosis in the United Kingdom.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2011Article
- Migration, ethnicity, and psychosis: toward a sociodevelopmental model.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2010Article
- Association of pre-onset cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco use with age at onset of prodrome and age at onset of psychosis in first-episode patients.The American journal of psychiatry · 2009Article
- Epigenetic mechanisms in schizophrenia.Biochimica et biophysica acta · 2009Review
- Measuring perceived racism and psychosis in African-Caribbean patients in the United Kingdom: the modified perceived racism scale.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2009Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare annual incidences of psychosis in people from different ethnic groups as defined in the 1991 census.
settingCatchment area of district psychiatric hospital.
designAll people aged 16 to 54 years who made contact with a wide range of community and hospital services between 1 July 1991 and 30 June 1992 were screened for psychotic symptoms. Patients with such symptoms were interviewed face to face to collect information on demography, ethnic group, psychiatric history and symptoms, drug use, and how care had been sought. A key informant, usually a close relative, was also interviewed.
main outcome measuresAge standardised incidence of schizophrenia and non-affective psychosis according to the ninth edition of the International Classification of Diseases in each ethnic group.
resultsNinety three patients took part, of whom 38 were assigned a certain or very likely diagnosis of schizophrenia (15 in white population, 14 in black, seven in Asian, and two in others). The age standardised annual incidence of schizophrenia was 2.2 (95% confidence interval 1.5 to 2.9) per 10,000 of the population. The incidence ratio for schizophrenia in all ethnic minority groups compared with the white population was 3.6 (1.9 to 7.1); the corresponding figure for non-affective psychosis was 3.7 (2.2 to 6.2).
conclusionsRaised incidences of schizophrenia were not specific to the African Caribbeans, which suggests that the current focus on schizophrenia in this population is misleading. Members of all ethnic minority groups were more likely to develop a psychosis but not necessarily schizophrenia. The personal and social pressures of belonging to any ethnic minority group in Britain are important determinants in the excess of psychotic disorders found.
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